Calicalicus
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{{Automatic taxobox
| name = Calicalicus
| image = Calicalicus madagascariensis 1868.jpg
| image_caption= Red-tailed vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis)
| taxon = Calicalicus
| authority = Bonaparte, 1854
| type_species = Lanius madagascariensis{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=134 |title= Vangidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-07-16}}
| type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1766
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = C. madagascariensis
C. rufocarpalis
}}
Calicalicus is a genus of bird in the family Vangidae. It contains two species,{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=557468 |title=ITIS Report: Calicalicus |publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System |access-date=16 December 2010}} both of which are endemic to Madagascar:{{cite book |last1=Morris |first1=Pete |first2=Frank |last2=Hawkins |title=Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide |year=1998 |publisher=Pica Press |location=Mountfield, UK |isbn=1-873403-45-3 |page=242}}
Species
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| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 120px | Calicalicus madagascariensis | Red-tailed vanga | Madagascar. |
| 120px | Calicalicus rufocarpalis | Red-shouldered vanga | south-west Madagascar |
The genus was introduced by the French naturalist Charles Lucien Bonaparte in 1854 with the red-tailed vanga as the type species.{{ cite journal | last=Bonaparte | first=Charles Lucien | author-link=Charles Lucien Bonaparte | year=1854 | title=Notes sur les collections rapportées en 1853, par M. A. Delattre, de son voyage en Californie et dans le Nicaragua | journal=Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences | volume=38 | pages=386, 535 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1216270 }} The name Calicalicus is from the Malagasy word Cali-cali reported by the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson for the male red-tailed vanga.{{ cite book | last=Brisson | first=Mathurin Jacques | author-link=Mathurin Jacques Brisson | year=1760 | title=Ornithologie, ou, Méthode contenant la division des oiseaux en ordres, sections, genres, especes & leurs variétés | volume=2 | language=fr, la | place=Paris | publisher=Jean-Baptiste Bauche | pages=164–166, Plate 16 figs 1, 2 | url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36011388 }}
References
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Category:Endemic birds of Madagascar
Category:Taxa named by Charles Lucien Bonaparte
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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